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Born
21 Aug. 1823
, second son of the
2nd earl of Bradford
, a descendant of
Sir Orlando Bridgeman
(q.v. in
D.N.B.
),
keeper of the seal
under
Charles
II
; the family were connected by marriage with
Shropshire
, and with the
Myddelton '
s
of
Chirk
. Educated at
Harrow
, and
Trinity (Cantab.)
, where he graduated in
1845
, he
took orders
, became
rector
in
Shropshire
, and in
1864
received the family rectory of
Wigan
, remaining there till his death,
25 Nov. 1895
. He
wrote a book
on the history of
Wigan
.

But he was also keenly interested in his family connections with the
Welsh Border
. He contributed to
Arch. Camb.
,
1863
, a paper on ‘
The Ancient Lords of Mechain
,’ and to
Mont. Coll.
,
1868
, two papers, ‘
The Princes of Upper Powys
’ and ‘
The Welsh Lords of Kerry and Arwystli
.’ In
1876
he published his very useful
History of the Princes of South Wales
— not a history in the usual sense but rather a storehouse of genealogical information, hardly very readable but providing many facts not easily to be found elsewhere.